Aspects of you

When you’re struggling in a situation, it can be helpful to recognise that there is room for all the different aspects of who you are, to coexist within you.

• You can be a new parent who is desperately in love with your baby and also be desperate for some separation.
• You can love your not-for-profit work and also wish that you were paid as much as your friends in the corporate sphere.
• You can appreciate your family and their interest in your life and also want to set strong boundaries.
• You can feel the need to leave a relationship and also be terrified to step away.

I often see people saying if I think/feel this…then I can’t think/feel this. But actually? All of that stuff can sit within you. And rather than denying an aspect of self, squishing it down and ignoring it, it can be helpful to see it. Hold space for it. Let it be.

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